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| IN THE NEWS |
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| February 7, 1992 – admitted into legal practice in Ontario, Canada March 28, 2004 - H. John Kalina certified as a Breath Alcohol Technician for the Intoxilyizer S-D2, S-D5, 400 and 5000 after completion of an intensive 40 hour course at Industrial Training and Design Ltd. |
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| September 27, 2007 – admitted into legal pratice in Alberta, Canada |
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| IMMIGRATION NEWS |
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Prior to the proclamation of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada’s had a dismal history of respecting human rights. Read about our immigration history. |
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Minister of Immigration Announces Pass Mark drop to 67 on 18 September 2003 |
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Permanent Resident Cards are required for all Permanent Residents who wish to travel outside of Canada. Read the latest news. |
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Read about the latest Business Immigration Program statistics. |
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New transitional rules for skilled workers and business immigrants announced effective December 1, 2003. |
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Minister of Immigration announces special relief for families affected by the tsunami disaster in South-East Asia, January 3, 2005. |
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Minister announces change in policy for sponsoring spouses and common law partners in Canada effective February 18, 2005. |
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Minister announces changes to the sponsorship of parents and grandparents effective April 18, 2005. |
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Minister announces changes to study permit rules effective April 18, 2005. |
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Minister announces changes to Citizenship process effective April 18, 2005. |
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Government of Canada announces recognition of Foreign Credentials and Internationally Trained Workers Initiatives April 25, 2005. |
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Minister announces initiative to bring foreign trained Health Professionals into Canadian Health Care system April 25, 2005. |
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Canada announces annual increase of 100,000 more new immigrants to Canada. |
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Minister announces reduction in right of landing fee effective May 3, 2006. |
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Minister announces new Citizenship Act will recognize adopted children as Canadian Citizens. Tabled May 15, 2006. Additional changes that affect ‘lost’ Canadians announced May 29, 2007. |
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Ontario Government introduces legislation to allow internationally trained professionals to work in their field June 8, 2006. |
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Minister announces change in policy to not require applicants to change their surnames on immigration applications on July 26, 2007. |
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British Columbia announces changes to the Provincial Nominee Program on September 26, 2007. |
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| CRIMINAL CODE NEWS |
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Criminal Code amended by Bill C-45 to include criminal liability for organizations An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal liability of organizations) * in force March 31, 2004 |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to protect children February 12, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to punish the setting of deadly traps by criminals February 12, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to decriminalize marijuana February 12, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to deter capital markets fraud February 12, 2004. |
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Bill C15A which amends the Preliminary Inquiry procedure to come into force June 1, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to strengthen drug-impaired driving, November 1, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislations to Cannabis Reform legislation, November 1, 2004. |
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Parliamentary review of the Anti-Terrorism Act, December 14, 2004. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples, February 1, 2005. |
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Government of Canada proposes changes to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, April 20, 2005. |
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Justice Minister announces legislation to toughen sentences for street racing, June 15, 2006. |
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Canada ratifies UN optional protocol against the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, June 22, 2006. |
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Justice Minister introduces new offence to target organized motor vehicle theft |
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Justice Minister introduces sweeping changes to the Canada’s criminal code to increase minimum fines, reduce availability of conditional sentences and increase the use of minimum mandatory sentences, June 22, 2006. Bill received royal assent May 31, 2007. |
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Justice Minister announces passage of changes to criminal code to reverse the onus for bail on accused persons charged with firearms offences on June 5, 2007. |
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| PRIVACY LAW NEWS |
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New Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (2000, c. 5) in force January 1, 2004. Our policy for your privacy is available here. |
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Free public information including recent case law on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act |
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David T.S. Fraser’s blogger’s resource to PIPEDA cases. |
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Industry Canada website on PIPEDA. |
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Very first ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal on breach of PIPEDA. Read Mathew Englander’s account of how he took Telus to Court and won. |
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada detailing PIPEDA case summaries. |
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